Burden and Size

Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

Size and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Size" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Size

Size noun - The total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something.
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Synonyms for Size

Burden and size are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Size".

Nearby Words: sized, sizing, sizeable

How words are described

physical physical burden physical size
full full burden full size
sheer sheer burden sheer size
actual actual burden actual size
Other adjectives: real, massive, large, great, enormous, huge, extra, significant, immense, tremendous, greater, larger, maximum, titanic, biggest.

Common collocations

space burden space size space
nothing burden nothing size nothing

Both words in one sentence

  • Any creature that's vaguely human-shaped and no larger than human-size can wear any armor: gnomes can wear plate mail (though it may burden them because it's uncomfortably heavy)
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